Crash counting
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Crash counting is a feature of a file system
designed as an alternative to journaling
. It is claimed that it maintains consistency across crashes without the code complexity of implementing journaling.
File system
A file system is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store, retrieve and update data, as well as manage the available space on the device which contain it. A file system organizes data in an efficient manner and is tuned to the...
designed as an alternative to journaling
Journaling file system
A journaling file system is a file system that keeps track of the changes that will be made in a journal before committing them to the main file system...
. It is claimed that it maintains consistency across crashes without the code complexity of implementing journaling.